Day 128

Back when we lived in Champaign we used to frequent a diner called Merry Ann's.  It was known for this glorious creation called the Diner Stack.  A Diner Stack consists of a base of hash browns, on top of that are scrambled eggs with cheese and the whole things is drenched in sausage gravy.  It is delish! (did I mention that we pretty much only went here between the hours of 2a.m. and 6a.m.?).

Anyway, after The Nutcracker Friday night we hit the town,  but before going home we needed a snack.  So, Tom, Libby, Rick and I stopped into a diner down by power and light.  As we walked in the door Rick and I were reminiscing about Diner Stacks and hoping there would be a similar concoction on the menu.  There wasn't.  Somehow, Rick managed to convince the waiter to convince the cooks to make him a Diner Stack.  After describing in careful detail what he wanted, the waiter took the order to the kitchen with promises to make it happen.  Twenty minutes later Rick was presented with something pretty darn close to a diner stack.  (meanwhile Libby and I were presented with our crappy nachos, that the waiter swore were amazing.  At least he kept his promise to one of us, I guess.)

And that is the story of how Rick recreated the Diner Stack.  The only down side to this story is that the recreation cost $13 because the waiter charged him a la carte for everything and the original is $6.  lame.  Rick is usually really good at bartering, but he failed that night.

Yum!